Beds in Colonial Days Show Settee as Bed Companion
The article traces how the seventeenth century bed gained prominence in New England homes, noting a Salem merchant's 1690 inventory including beds and curtains. It describes the settee as a link between settle and sofa used as bed, its craftsmanship, and the Renaissance influence from Italy to England, with Dutch settlers unfamiliar with the piece.
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Salem
Italy
France
England
Holland
New England
The Old Hurdy Gurdy Story
The article traces the hurdy gurdy origin in ninth century Germany, its spread as the peasant lyre across Europe, its decline by the early 19th century, and a remaining modernized version seen in Savoy streets. It describes a violin like frame with three to six strings and a wheel driven by a crank to bow the strings.
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Germany
Europe
Savoy
Caddies of the Links From Edinburgh Messenger Boys
The article traces caddies origin as old Edinburgh messenger boys gathered around the Cross. They served as street directories for locals and visitors, knowing destinations, people, and the traveler’s background, while waiting for employment.
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Old
Edinburgh
Edinburgh Cross
Old City
Hurdy-Gurdy Replaced by Hand Organ in Street Music
The passage notes the hurdy-gurdy produced a bass background tone from the wheel and used a single control to vary string tension. It was once common at fetes but later became the instrument of itinerant street musicians, a role now filled by the hand organ in Pittsburgh Times style.
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Pittsburgh Times
Earliest Cold Storage Mentioned by Macaulay in 1626
A London Spectator note cites Macaulay on Lord Bacon attempting snow stuffing of a fowl in 1626 to keep it from putrefying, the experiment failing with the subject dying, and Bacon mentioning in his last letter that the snow method succeeded. It also cites Siberian mammoths preserved in ice as early cold storage, and muses whether Romans used cold storage for banquets.
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Macaulay
Lord Bacon
Siberia
Loncdon
Fat Men Popular In Japan Wrestling Heroes
In Japan a man’s girth is admired as weight rises toward 300 pounds. At 300 to 400 or 475 pounds a wrestler becomes a championship prospect. Wrestling rivaled boxing in cultural prominence, drawing huge gate receipts and public excitement.
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Japan
Wide World Magazine
Willing to Be an Ex Convict Joke in Chronicle Style
An attorney and a judge discuss youth ambition. The judge says one man’s greatest goal is to be an ex convict, a life term inmate in the penitentiary, prompting surprise from the lawyer in a San Francisco Chronicle tone.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Old Philosopher on Leadership and Providence
The speaker notes that not everyone can be leaders or rulers and that Providence fixes roles of leaders and followers. He suggests people may stumble when complacent and contrasts stability with impending upheaval, referencing the Atlanta Constitution’s view.
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Cap
Gin’ Ruls
Gaid
Atlanta’ ‘ Constitution
Wiseacre exchange with cane prompts fatherly reply
A terse Victorian style dialogue on measuring an acre with roods and perches ends with a call for a cane. The humor centers on a boy asking what each term means and a father’s terse corrective answer.
Cordovan Light A Historic Coast Lighthouse Tale
Cordovan light on the Gironde estuary is praised as a beautiful early tower built in 1611 and still standing over 200 feet high after remodels. The excerpt also includes a stray classroom quip about playmates and neighborhood dynamics from a St Louis Post-Dispatch piece.
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Cordovan
France
Gironde
Ind
St Louis Post-Dispatch
Bety Sails Through Time in a Front Urie Ville Tale
A fragmentary notice highlights Bety and Se as others in a tale set in a front Urieville area of Louis TJ. The readable text hints at local names and a small community scene without full context.
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Bety
Urie Isville
Louis TJ
Living Aeroplanes Wherein Birds Differ From Flying Machines
A discussion on how birds fly compares hollow bones and tail control to human aviation. It notes that birds rely on a rigid backbone and powerful muscles while machines use fixed wings and engines far stronger than early experiments. The piece contrasts natural flight with manmade aeroplanes and the limits of early wing copying.
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State Land Board
Grand Theatre
Sace
Tommy
Studebaker
J. D. Lester
Fred. Grunerard
Telena
Mr. Gruner
C. E._Stephenson
Atwood
Saco How. Fur. & Lbr. Company
Richter
Meesty
Saco Montana
Saco Co-Operative Association
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